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Creating your first ForestIvy object

To create an Ivy object, the easiest way is to load a preset from the library. To do this:

  1. Go to the Create panel and click on ForestIvy.
  2. Click and drag to create a new ForestIvy object in the viewport.
  3. Switch to the Modify panel.
  4. In the General rollout, click on theLibrary button to open the Library Browser.
  5. Pick a Climbing Plant preset from the list of included assets and click Load Selected.
  6. Go to the Growth rollout.
  7. Click on the button and pick the surface(s} from the scene on which you'd like the plant to grow. Alternatively you can Use the button to load surfaces from a list. To remove all surfaces, use the button
  8. To limit the plant to grow only on certain material IDs, enter their values in the Mat.ID box. Multiple values can be separated using a comma separated list. The Exclude option uses the list to exclude parts of the mesh from the calculation instead of including them.
  9. Click on the Brush Icon and draw a baseline on the surface, The ivy will continue to grow based on this initial stroke. You can draw as many baselines as you like. To delete a baseline, use the eraser tool , or to remove all the baselines, click the bin icon .
  10. Finally, use the Growth Level parameter to determine the size of the plant. Increasing this value makes the plant larger, simulating longer growth.
  11. The other settings are only used to modify the growth rules used by the preset. See the Modifying Parameters section for more information on how to adapt and create your own climbing plants.